Se rafraîchir chez la Marquise de Sévigné (Paris Heatwave)

Épisode de One Thing In A French Day | Stories from Paris in French par French with Laetitia Perraut · 29 juin 2026 · 7 min

Avec cette chaleur, une seule question se posait cette semaine : comment trouver un peu de fraîcheur à Paris ? Nous avons testé des choses « classiques » : piscine, magasins climatisés, etc. Et d'autres typiquement parisiennes et plus originales.

What does a Parisian do when the heat hits 33°C indoors? In this episode, I share my week's search for cool air — in French, naturally. This podcast is made for French learners who want to confront themselves with real, non-textbook French. Use your ear to understand spoken French as it's actually spoken, and improve your comprehension while discovering French culture along the way.

The level of this episode is B1-B2, as it mixes everyday, accessible vocabulary (heatwave, temperatures, cooling down) with more formal, historical vocabulary tied to 17th-century letters and "gallantry" — a contrast you'll rarely find in a traditional French course, where these two registers are usually kept apart.

This episode also answers the following questions:

How do you get to Marly-le-Roi and the forêt domaniale de Marly?

Are French trains air-conditioned?

Who was Madame de Sévigné?

What is the Carnavalet museum, and what is it about?

What did French 17th-century "gallantry" actually mean?

Who are Jennifer Tamas and Mélanie Traversier, and what do they study?

What can 17th-century French "gallantry" teach us about how men and women relate today?

Do French people really talk for hours at a café?

Is it possible to attend a French Opera ballet class session?

Is there a Bollywood dance school in Paris?

Pour aller plus loin / Related episodes:

#825 — Le musée Carnavalet (2013) — https://onethinginafrenchday.podbean.com/e/le-musee-carnavalet/

#1238 — À la recherche de Madame de Sévigné (2016) — https://onethinginafrenchday.podbean.com/e/a-la-recherche-de-madame-de-sevigne/

#2020 — Devinette au musée Carnavalet (2021) — https://onethinginafrenchday.podbean.com/e/2020-%e2%80%94-vendredi-13-juillet-2021-%e2%80%94-devinette-au-musee-carnavalet/

#2239 — Maurice Béjart à l'Opéra Bastille, 1 (2023) — https://onethinginafrenchday.podbean.com/e/2239-%e2%80%94-maurice-bejart-a-l-opera-bastille-1-%e2%80%94-lundi-15-mai-2023/

#2240 — Maurice Béjart à l'Opéra Bastille, 2 (2023) — https://onethinginafrenchday.podbean.com/e/2240-%e2%80%94-maurice-bejart-a-l-opera-bastille-2-%e2%80%94-mercredi-17-mai-2023/

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Dans One Thing In A French Day, je vous raconte quelque chose qui m’est arrivé dans la journée : une balade à Paris, une discussion en famille, une rencontre. Twice a week since 2006, I’ve been sharing a small piece of my day in France, in French. Not the postcard version of Paris, but real life,…

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